People of the Illinois Campaign

Francis Vigo was a Spanish Trader who warned Clark that the British had taken Fort Sackville and were planning on attacking him come the spring.

Lt Col George Rogers Clark was involved in the Revolutionary War in the Western Theater.

Major Joseph Bowman, an officer under George Rogers Clark in the campaign to take British Controlled forts in Kaskaskia, Cahokia and Vincennes during the American Revolution.

Lt. Gov Henry Hamilton would command the British forces at Fort Sackville in February of 1779.

Father Pierre Gibault, Vicar General of the Illinois Country, who in 1778 and 1779 gained the allegiance of the French population of Vincennes, Kaskaskia, and Cahokia to the United States of America.

Captain Leonard Helm part of George Roger's Clark's campaign through the Illinois Territory to secure the Western frontier for the colonial forces during the American Revolution.